Gmax? or 3DS Max 6?

spartan-117 · Post by **spartan-117** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:04 pm

Does gmax work with Halo PC? or should i download 3ds max 6?

thx

maxipulhalo2 · Post by **maxipulhalo2** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:40 pm

if you can get 3ds max 6 than get that, legally. but if you dont have that kind of money than get gmax

HunterXI · Post by **HunterXI** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:42 pm

but I thought that you couldn't open the obj models in gmax?

Ang88 · Post by **Ang88** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:49 pm

you can open them in gmax, but you can't save them

but if you get milkshape or something else that can export them as .obj, then you could just do that

HunterXI · Post by **HunterXI** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:51 pm

I just found something very strange: GMAX and 3DS max are both made by Discreet... I thought they were competitors!

but yeah, why not just use Milkshape?

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:54 pm

You just now found that out, HunterXI? lol...

Anyways, how could they really be competitors? gMax costs nothing, while 3DS Max costs thousands of dollars! lol...

But, ya, gMax is basically a toned down version of 3DS Max.

HunterXI · Post by **HunterXI** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:58 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:You just now found that out, HunterXI? lol...

Anyways, how could they really be competitors? gMax costs nothing, while 3DS Max costs thousands of dollars! lol...

But, ya, gMax is basically a toned down version of 3DS Max.

well that's really confusing namewise... why not've called GMAX "3DS min" or something?

spartan-117 · Post by **spartan-117** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:59 pm

the worst part is i cant get the plugin to even get the wavefront obj's into gmax! so im screwed... as usual... and stuck with damn milkshape

HunterXI · Post by **HunterXI** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:02 pm

spartan-117 wrote:the worst part is i cant get the plugin to even get the wavefront obj's into gmax! so im screwed... as usual... and stuck with damn milkshape

...which is both better and easier anyway...

maxipulhalo2 · Post by **maxipulhalo2** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:11 pm

the best way to go is milkshape, thats what i use, but i really wanna try out 3ds max even tho i cant use it to model halo. but i dont have the money for that kind of a program....-sigh-

[users]ReApEr · Post by **[users]ReApEr** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:04 pm

HunterXI wrote:
spartan-117 wrote:the worst part is i cant get the plugin to even get the wavefront obj's into gmax! so im screwed... as usual... and stuck with damn milkshape
...which is both better and easier anyway...

Please dont give bad advice milkshape is the worst Modeling program out there Gmax and 3ds Max are better and Spartan just keep looking around you should be able to find one trust me dont use milkshape (i like to call it Milkshit instead :p)

Beastman · Post by **Beastman** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:18 pm

milkshape is very bad but it is very stable for halo modeling, discreet made gmax for the purpose of making game models, they knew gamers usually couldnt buy max so they made the toned down version.

kaptainkommie · Post by **kaptainkommie** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:39 pm

Right. Just because the program is more stable with Halo doesn't make it a _better_ program. Hell its not even a variable that should go into the comparision process.

{IAS}Bunkerking · Post by **{IAS}Bunkerking** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:49 am

definatly use 3dsmax if u can but if not go with gmax ...you can get a 30day 3dsmax trial at www.discreet.com

John Spartan · Post by **John Spartan** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:07 am

yea i know i downloaded that... but everytime i try to run it i get a liscenscing error... i think it has to do wiht the code at the installation scrn... theres like 3 zeros - 7 zeros its really wierd cause i dont know wat code to put in...

Beastman · Post by **Beastman** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:51 pm

thats the serial number, it should have given u one in an email or u might not even need it at all i dont remember, maybe just click next when its at all 0's

axelf · Post by **axelf** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 9:01 am

i'v got 3dsmax 5.1 and 3dsmax 6
and i can't do any stuf with it,somebody know why??

Beastman · Post by **Beastman** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:42 am

what do u mean u cant do anything with it, if ur more specific then we can help u out.

axelf · Post by **axelf** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:18 pm

I can't do any stuff,every times i made stuf i export it
as dfx,then i open
milkshape3d 7.0,i make conversion to *.obj,i open HTM,
and when i try to import it say me it cannot import it
because of the numbers of poly,verticles,etc...!

can somebody help me?

i have made a knife (VERY REALISTIC)
and a new weapon!(tell me if you need pics)

100Gunner-DoA- · Post by **100Gunner-DoA-** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:42 pm

you cant use it cause it messes with the things you just said! you cant change .obj to something else and back without changing the number of something!